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My New Year’s wish for us all…

On our path of personal growth, we’re always challenging our growing edge.  The growing edge is the place where things are uncomfortable and difficult, because they are new.  Behaviors maybe, or thoughts… habits, or skills…  Usually we embrace our growing … Continue reading

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The Power of Vulnerability

At the end of this post, there is a link to a TED Talk.  TED Talks are some of the best and brightest lectures on various topics, delivered in stimulating and captivating ways that engage the audience. This talk is … Continue reading

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In Memoriam: Patricia Monaghan – February 15, 1946 – November 11, 2012

Patricia – Goddess -scholar, women’s spirituality pioneer, poet and author – took a chance on me & my dissertation (which she called “groundbreaking”). She mentored me into publishing for the first time (and 2nd time & 3rd time). She gave … Continue reading

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Inspiration and invocation: Creating a ritual with the triple-goddess Brigid.

            (This piece is from the soon to be published “Brigit: Sun of Womanhood” by Goddess Ink Press – http://www.goddess-ink.com/brigitsunofwomanhood.html  There is no need to invent a Brigid ritual; many a fine one already exists.  … Continue reading

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How to be happier

When my clients “get better”, they don’t just fix the issue they came in to address.  They change their way of being in the world on many, many levels.  This little article by The Purpose Fairy captures these changes just … Continue reading

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The ABCZ of Betz

Apples or oranges? Honey Crisp apples. Bedding: 1000 thread count sheets & duvet cover (over down duvet) – pure heaven. Charlevoix or Traverse City? Charlevoix – went to school there K-7. Dogs or cats?  Both:  Minerva the black cat, Paisley … Continue reading

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Dragons in the almost-21st Century (previously published 1998)

Clothed in a simple robe I sit, next to a pond filled with moonlight.  Reflected on the surface are images… the High King and Queen of the land… the wise benevolent Merlin…. a fire breathing dragon.  The fate of a … Continue reading

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A Wobbly Bard at Imbolc (previously published 1998)

I am a bard.  I remind myself of this as I sit and wish for words to come.  The topic is Imbolc, and the deadline is soon.  I have been feeding the fires of my inspiration with symbolism and correspondences, … Continue reading

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After the fire (Previously published in 2000).

I am a Jew, of the utmost reformed category. I grew up in a Jewish household. I went to synagogue on the High Holy Days. I went to Hebrew school until I made my Bar Mitzvah at 13, when I … Continue reading

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One soulful cup of coffee (Almost previously published, but cut at the last minute).

Body and soul is the topic. Next to my bed is every book written by Thomas Moore, James Hillman, Alice Bailey and Carl Jung. Soul as keeper of the Mysteries, as opponent of the personality, as archetypal shaping force, soul … Continue reading

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